because friedrich weber ' s description of the genus had been overlooked until rediscovered by mary rat ##h ##bu ##n , rendering any prior assignments of type species ( for ho ##mar ##us h . milne @ - @ edwards , 1837 ) invalid for ho ##mar ##us weber , 1795 . the type specimen of ho ##mar ##us gamma ##rus was a le ##ct ##otype selected by lip ##ke holt ##hui ##s in 1974 . it came from 57 ° 53 ′ n 11 ° 32 ′ e , near mars ##tra ##nd , sweden ( 48 kilometres or 30 miles northwest of gothenburg ) , but both it and the para ##le ##ct ##otype ##s have since been lost . the common name for h .
because friedrich weber's description of the genus had been overlooked until rediscovered by mary rathbun, rendering any prior assignments of type species ( for homarus h. milne @ - @ edwards, 1837 ) invalid for homarus weber, 1795. the type specimen of homarus gammarus was a lectotype selected by lipke holthuis in 1974. it came from 57 ° 53 ′ n 11 ° 32 ′ e, near marstrand, sweden ( 48 kilometres or 30 miles northwest of gothenburg ), but both it and the paralectotypes have since been lost. the common name for h.